Why do foreigners always copy America? Why can't they make their own movies and music?

Question

I am so tired of the rest of the world copying everything we do, and yet they don't like us.

Answer 1

imitation is the most popular form of flattery.

Answer 2

They don't copy. American culture is pushed onto every other country in the world, and that, darling, is how your government makes a lot of it's money.

If you opened your eyes you would see that almost all countries in the world have their own music and movies. Heard of Bollywood? Heard of the Biritsh film industry? I'm sure Love Actually, Notting Hill, Billy Elliott, The Full Monty and The Harry Potter films were all big in the states so you'd have to be very self-absorbed to not notice.

Dont be so arrogant and try getting your facts straight before you post.

Answer 3

We do not copy you, what's to copy? Yes, we watch your movies and listen to your music but we have our own. Is Arabic or Indian music like yours, for example? Besides, if you haven't noticed, the US is multicultural and there are singers that start from the US who are of different origins and nationalties. We have our own cultures and our own practices that we are proud of. At least other countries have histories, the US has what 200 years and they pride themselves I don't know why. You think that making movies and music is all that people have to do like you. Look at your government which sticks it's nose into every issue in the world. Take the mid-east for example, it's turned into a war zone partly because of the US, especially Iraq, and you're saying why we copy your music? Get a life.

Answer 4

What are you talking about? Have you watched a foreign film recently? Have you noticed how different they are? Bollywood is not exactly coping Hollywood except in name, whereas the french film industry is characterised by arty, character driven films.

As for everything else, America is very much apart of the global market and the reason we have American stuff in our households is because your country sold it to us.

The rest of the world doesn't copy everything. Have you been to places in Europe, have you noticed how different they are? I'm pleased that many European countries have retained their culture. I wish I could say the same for Britain, which is like a mini USA.

Answer 5

It must be wonderful for all of you people from the "old"country's to sit in judgment of America.
I have traveled all over the world and other than a few country s I have enjoyed them all.A clue to you OLD doesn't always mean good.Sometimes it just means worn out and used up.No one has asked you to come to this country.or to be a judge of it.I personally don't care what any one thinks of the USA.I don't get off on telling any one of any country how bad it is or how horrible the government is although you have opened the doors to much criticism.If you don't live here and haven't spent any time here then all you are doing is listening to your governments propaganda,and thus your uninformed.I have traveled extensively for both business and pleasure,and I have spent an extended amount of time in Japan.They were much nicer to me than were most of the people in European country's were once they knew I was American.You call yourselves sophisticated and worldly.but in fact you are simply rude and ill mannered
And you have my sympathy not my respect.Good day.

I found this question to be offensive too ,but your answers were even more offensive.

Answer 6

hey it is not called copying. it extremely is a REMAKE! do no longer you get it and that they get permission for that. Yeap P-POP.. however i'm a Kpop fan and that i'm additionally aggravated with that! yet i won't have the ability to do no longer something approximately that considering Korean Wave has now given a huge impression to the Filipinos! And we glance as much as Kpop. to boot, they do no longer deny that they actually persist with Kpop and that they do no longer admit that it relatively is our form of track considering we've our actual very own form of track it extremely is the OPM (unique Pinoy track). Yea i cant blame you with noticing P-Pop considering maximum persons, Filipino Kpop followers ourselves are additionally aggravated with communities from this so-called P-Pop. yet do no longer generalize ALL Filipinos as copycats considering in basic terms some from our entertainment marketplace merely extremely won't have the ability to have their very own originality. besides back to the remake! WHY? Do in basic terms Filipinos have remakes of dramas, video clips and and so on? So what do you think of of human beings.. REMAKING Horror (and different form) video clips which initially got here from ASIA. Like My Sassy lady, darkish Water, the hoop, The Grudge, and so on and so on those video clips are initially from Korean and Japan. And human beings do their very own remakes of those and that they even now and back make those video clips worse. different international locations additionally do a remake of a few Mexican dramas, and others. So why in basic terms blame the Philippines!? Please do no longer see the Filipinos as copycats and without originality by using fact no longer maximum persons are like that! We nevertheless have our very own originality and id. properly surely, KPOP is much better than Ppop. yet we are nevertheless better than Korea in another fields i've got confidence. desire you do no longer misunderstand us. And dont bash us that a lot. :|

Answer 7

they say that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery which is kind of weird coz you yanks arnt exactly winning any popularity contests right now.
india has a massive movie and music tradition in their own culture. are you sure your not just fantasising yhat everyone is copying you. i think you've done a fair bit of copying of your own since we colonised you and decided to grant your independence.
and as for thomas edison he nicked more things than ronnie biggs.

Answer 8

my comment
i See the office won awards again oops you copied that from the British
DNA
fingerprints computers its a case of the pot calling the kettle black
and don't even start on music and by the way the indian film industry is bigger than hollywood

Answer 9

If you had any real interest in us foreigners you would know that we all have films and music of our own, actually mostly superior to the crap our TV administrations and cinema chains buy from the US.

Answer 10

I think you should do your homework. It is a two way street and Americans do their fair share of using shows and movies from other cultures.

Answer 11

Nations and countries are the larger epitome of the human body.
They eventually succumb to nasty viral infections such as "American and Western culture" and die, without a proper immune system and antidote.